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You cannot extend the system partition using Windows utilities. Being this sounds like a production server I suggest you make sure you have a rock solid backup, then use product that will allow you to modify partitions (Acronis makes a good product).

I would first look at where your space is used though, because you should only have OS files on C:. Maybe you could uninstall a large program and reinstall it to another drive. Also make sure your pagefile is on another partition.

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"I would first look at where your space is used though, because you should only have OS files on C:. Maybe you could uninstall a large program and reinstall it to another drive. Also make sure your pagefile is on another partition."

Excellent, excellent advice. It may be SOP for servers, and should be SOP for any 'puter. Even those used by the 'computer-as-toaster' crowd of users. It is oft stated that 'pagefile on the same physical drive is not faster'. Irrelevant. If it is not in a partition, it cannot contribute to the fragmentation of that partition.

IMO, the rubb... er, recycle bin should be in _its_ own partition for the same reason.

I also prefer a separate partition for 'Applications & Utilities' so that the 'System' part is not crowded. The fewer files that the system has to search thru, the faster it can run. This even applies to the utilities that are included by the OS install.

It should be apparent that a 'Data' partition is not just desirable, but virtually mandatory.

Once the System and the 'Apps' partitions are optimized, they should seldom need defragging. The Data part. will need it on the usual schedule, and it (defrag) will go _much_ faster.

It is probably too much to expect from MS installs,... one can hope that the mfrs will implement it for OEM installs.

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